SURRY – Scott Ross Peterson, 94, reached the end of his earthly adventure on Sept. 24, 2016, in Surry. Scott was born in Oakley, Utah, on April 29, 1922, to Mark Harper and Marie Irma Ross Peterson. A U.S. Navy veteran, Scott earned a B.S. in animal science from Colorado A & M and an M.S. in trades and industrial education and administration from CSU. He and the former Elizabeth Anne McKim were married in 1946 and lived on the family ranch in Snyderville, Utah, until 1951, when they moved to Fort Collins, Colo.
Scott led an eclectic professional life, the majority of which was spent as a construction electrician, working on large projects across the U.S. and in Brazil, Greenland and Vietnam. As a vocational educator, he taught at a high school in Bucyrus, Ohio, and was a teacher-administrator at the Community College of Denver. He also served as a training director for nuclear power plants in New Jersey and Louisiana, and as a trainer and consultant in the Republic of Korea, Iran and Nigeria.
In 1997, Scott and Elizabeth purchased a mobile home community in Saratoga, Wyo., which Scott continued to manage after Elizabeth’s death in 1998. Scott tired of Wyoming winters in 2009 and moved to Surry, where he rebuilt an 1800s-era farmhouse.
Scott is survived by his five children: Margaret (Peggy) Peterson Hotchkiss, Ed.D. and Berkeley, Saratoga, Wyo.; McKim (Kim) Culver Peterson, M.D. and Linda, M.D., Surry; Rex McKim Peterson and Nancy, D.V.M., Gordon, Neb.; Diana Peterson Walsh and Ed, Ankeny, Iowa; and Peter James McKim Peterson, D.M.D. and Chris, West Hartford, Conn. Thirteen grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at the Blue Hill Congregational Church.
